[ajcarpy2005]

If you follow people who share interesting content rather than because you personally know them then you'll have a better experience I think. Granted, it can be time consuming and hard to discover people that share anything worthwhile. I am pretty happy with some of the circles I've curated and my stream has some pretty interesting content. Sure, much of it is just shares of blog articles (blogspam) but at least there is a way to fine-tune what shows up by using people (with less bias than the authors of the blog) to filter what you see. Same with comments and discussions...instead of anonymous comments on articles you can discuss a topic or article with people you sort of know and trust to some degree.

For those here that are intrested in science and technology, I'd recommend following a guy named Mark Bruce who shares a top 10 list of Sci-Tech advancements or discoveries every week. And if anyone wants to jumpstart their stream, they can message me and I'll share some circles.